Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why does the hard drive on a Windows system use the drive letter C instead of A or 1? Photo: Getty Images We often don’t think ...

Area high school students interested in computer programming are invited to Western's campus for this fun and challenging event. Date: Nov. 15, 2025 8 a.m. Doors open. Please arrive early. 9 a.m. to ...

When your system suddenly stops responding, the first thing to do is to wait a minute. Rebooting is useful, as it clears temporary files, refreshes system memory, and resolves a surprising number of ...

The whiteboard in Professor Mark Stehlik’s office at Carnegie Mellon University still has the details of what turned into a computer science program for high school students. Stehlik and colleague ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

The Master of Computer Science program offers a comprehensive approach to the theory and application of computer science. After completing this program, you will have: A thorough grounding in the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. All you need to do is open an online editor and code away! Which is exactly what we’re going to ...

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The Commodore 64 remains the best-selling desktop computer of all time (according to the Guinness Book of World Records), even though it’s a computer that has been out of production since 1994. But ...

Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig. The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of ...